Mixed lot of 4 postcards from WW I, including 3 photographs of the funeral of a high-ranking military officer (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), probably from the German aristocracy, with members of ruling houses in the funeral procession, these in uniform, fittings of the pickelhauben partly darkened, a photo with wearers of medal cushions with the deceased's decorations, paper browned and partially stained resp. with minimal tears, and a colored, used postcard (with creases and scratches) "Der Held" after a work by Walther Firle, each 14 x 9 cm. 4455 - 0138

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